Extracted from The Caldwell Watchman-Progress (Columbia, LA)
Joseph Conner Speir
Services for Joseph Conner Speir, 76, of West Monroe were held February 2, 1985 at Mulhearn Funeral Home Chapel in West Monroe. Burial will be in Monroe Memorial Park Cemetery.
Mr. Speir died Wednesday Jan. 30 at St. Francis Medical Center in Monroe after a long illness.
A retired teacher in the Ouachita Parish School System, Mr. Speir was a member of Cypress Street Church of God in West Monroe.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Velma Speir of West Monroe; two daughters, Mrs. Connie Gregory of Columbia and Mrs. Ellene Turcotte of Philadelphia, Miss.; three sisters, Minta B. Speir and Lee Otis Speir both of Bastrop and Betty S. Treen of Metairie, La.; 7 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Charles Gregory, Joe Gregory, Bobby Gregory, David Gregory, Bert Turcotte, Mark E. Walls and Mike Dowd.
Wednesday, February 6, 1985